Terrible movie

Rating: 1/10 (10 October 2014)

Poor script, even poorer acting and no sense of direction throughout! The problem with this film is that the characters just aren't believable and you need some credibility to pull off an action yarn like this. For all its faults, 'Cloverfield' held my attention much more than this tired effort. I watched it with my 17 year old son, who gave up on it about 1/3 of the way through. I must confess that I almost followed him as the first half has very little going for it as it tries desperately to make us care about the characters (and little else). The two scientists are the least believable of all and I got seriously annoyed with the both of them! It picks up a little in the second half but not enough to pull you back in. All in all, a tired, boring, noisy mess. I'm amazed that the film is so highly rated by others here. Oh, I almost forgot; the CGI is passable but only just. It's destined to be forgotten!